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  • Wartime trivialities

    THE April meeting of the Comeytrowe and District WI was held in the Memorial Hall with many members present. Margaret Pegge took the chair in the absence of Meg Davies, who was recovering from a knee operation. Jean Jarrett was thanked for her spring

  • RSPB Notes

    RSPB Notes for Thursday, April 27 SPRING MIGRANTS were everywhere when 17 Taunton RSPB local group members met for a recent field meeting at Stolford to walk along the sea wall and around the perimeter of Hinkley Point power station. First bird

  • RSPB Notes

    RSPB Notes for Thursday, April 27 SPRING MIGRANTS were everywhere when 17 Taunton RSPB local group members met for a recent field meeting at Stolford to walk along the sea wall and around the perimeter of Hinkley Point power station. First bird

  • RSPB

    RSPB Notes for Thursday, April 27 SPRING MIGRANTS were everywhere when 17 Taunton RSPB local group members met for a recent field meeting at Stolford to walk along the sea wall and around the perimeter of Hinkley Point power station. First bird

  • Twitchers see 59 species

    SPRING MIGRANTS were everywhere when 17 Taunton RSPB local group members met for a recent field meeting at Stolford to walk along the sea wall and around the perimeter of Hinkley Point power station. First bird sighted was a whimbrel on the mud flats

  • Pretend para says sorry

    A MAN from Minehead who pretended to be a Parachute Regiment hero who lost his right hand in the Falklands has apologised for his actions. Barry Simkins, 53, even managed to fool his long-term partner, Lorna, who is standing by him. He even attended

  • Hygiene - the key to success

    TOP hygiene awards have been presented to businesses and establishments in West Somerset. The Somerset Hygiene Awards were presented at a ceremony last week sponsored by DJ Miles & Co Ltd at the West Somerset Council Chambers. Watchet-based delicatessen

  • Charged council tax to live in his garage

    A WATCHET man, who was made to pay council tax for sleeping in his own garage, is celebrating this week after successfully appealing against the charge. After his marriage broke up, 67-year-old carpenter Steve Toth, who lives in West Street, started

  • Subway shame

    A DUNSTER grandmother is refuing to walk through the subway under the busy A39 with her young granddaughter because of "disgusting" graffiti. The 62-year-old woman, who does not wish to be named, told the County Gazette she is fed up with having to take

  • Babas end on a high note

    Somerset Premier: Minehead Babarians 38, Combe Down 10. A BIG crowd gathered at Ellicombe for champions Barbarians' final match of the season. Supporters had come from all parts of West Somerset to join the players and management in a celebration of

  • Blues crash at home

    Toolstation League Division 1: Minehead 1, Saltash Utd 2. MINEHEAD completed their home fixture programme with yet another defeat at the Recreation Ground on Tuesday evening. With the visitors taking a long time to settle after their long trip from

  • Blackwell in for first home game

    CAPTAIN Ian Blackwell makes a return to county action on Monday when Somerset take on Gloucestershire in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy at the County Ground in Taunton (10.45am). The Cidermen crashed to a disappointing innings defeat against the

  • Town are kings of the county

    Taunton Town 3, Mangotsfield Utd 2. TAUNTON Town are kings of the county after defeating higher division Mangotsfield Utd in the final of the Somerset Premier Cup at Weston-super-Mare's Woodspring Park on Tuesday night. Ronnie Mowatt, Aaron Blakemore

  • Woman victim of alleged rape in Taunton

    A WOMAN was the victim an alleged rape in Taunton early yesterday morning (Wednesday). At around 5.20am, a 25-year-old woman was walking in the Creechbarrow Road area close to the Asda supermarket when she is believed to have been attacked by an unknown

  • Saved from bomb blast by a dodgy tummy

    A TUMMY bug probably saved the life of a Wellington businesswoman and her boyfriend on holiday in Egypt this week. Laura Cooper and Simon Richardson had planned to go out in the resort of Dahab, scene of a triple bomb blast on Monday evening. But they

  • Croatia 60 Years On

    The April meeting of the Taunton Unison Retirement Social Club was opened by the chairman Bob Smart who reported the recent death of Pam Small who had joined the club in 1983, had been very active in the club for many years and more recently an honorary

  • Huge Lotto bid for museum and castle upgrade

    THE County Gazette has teamed up with BBC Somerset Sound and Somerset County Council to back a bid for £4.75million of Lottery cash to restore Taunton Castle and turn it into a 21st Century museum. Here we look at some of the history behind the building

  • Huge development gets go-ahead

    A 50-ACRE multi-million pound business park planned for Wellington has received the go ahead from Taunton Deane Council. Plans for the development, which will transform land at Chelston House Farm into one of Wellington's biggest developments in history

  • Man charged with New Year rape to enter plea

    A TEENAGER from Cardiff is due to enter a plea at Taunton Crown Court this morning in connection with the alleged rape of a girl on New Year's Day in Taunton. The 17-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been previously charged

  • Taunton man charged with murder

    A TAUNTON man has appeared in court charged with murder following a dramatic police raid in the town last week. Aaron Venna, 23, was arrested by detectives after they swooped on his home in Priory Avenue last Thursday afternoon. Several forensic officers

  • Step forward for O2 mast

    A STEP forward has been taken in a bid to stop mobile phone giant O2 from building a phone mast on Shoreditch Road. Taunton Deane Council is planning to take out a discontinuance notice against the O2 mast in Shoreditch Road, but in order to do so it

  • Musgrove must save £6.5million

    MILLIONS of pounds need to be saved at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital this financial year, the Taunton & Somerset Trust has said. Despite the hospital breaking even last year, senior nursing staff have been told £6.5million must be saved to meet the

  • Weather blamed for 'copter crash

    THE pilot of a helicopter that crashed in the Blackdown Hills last year, killing all four people on board, should have landed earlier an inquest jury has decided. Pilot Roy Stevens, 54, Allan Tartaglia, 44, both from Gloucestershire, his son James, 15

  • River warning signs confusion

    THE Environment Agency have confused walkers along the River Tone at Creech Castle, by apparently putting river warning signs on the wrong way round. The agency has installed signed on the edge of the riverbanks warning of strong currents, underwater

  • Double road crash tragedy

    A FIVEHEAD teenager was so grief stricken after the car he was driving crashed killing his girlfriend, he later attempted to take his own life, say relatives. Robert Evans, 19, from Langport, was driving a green Citroen ZX on the A378 at Fivehead around

  • Sex attack terror

    THE husband of a sex attack victim told this week of her terrifying ordeal. The 23-year-old woman, who has asked not to be identified, was jumped on from behind in a quiet area of Taunton last Friday night. She was walking home to Galmington at around